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ORE2_Tailings supports ICMM global industry standard on tailings management conformance

ORE2_Tailings supports ICMM global industry standard on tailings management conformance (GISTM). ORE2_Tailings™ is a risk assessment platform specifically designed for tailings systems created by Riskope.   We recently published the notes we took while reading ICMM guidance and conformance protocols. In that text we stated that ORE2_Tailings™ anticipated the requirements of ICMM GISTM. Indeed, the threads of our publications, which culminated with Tailings Dam Management for the Twenty-First Century shows that evolution. Today we bring to your attention an example…

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Reading the ICMM Guidance and Conformance protocols

We started reading the ICMM Guidance and Conformance protocols with great interest and were pleased with a number of specifications we saw. Of course, an endeavor of this magnitude and scope will stir a lot of interest in the mining world. From our end, given our long experience in tailings system risks, we could not resist to compare the protocols to our day-to-day practice. We noted areas where more detailed explanations would likely benefit the mining industry and the public.…

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Risk definition is paramount amid tailings problem

Risk definition is paramount amid tailings problem. A recent example is the Almaden Ixtaca Project, Mexico. We read in a publicly available information: “The mine plan has a dry stack filtered tailings facility, and co disposal with waste rock with no tailings dam, eliminating the risk of a tailings dam failure.” We salute the effort to reduce from inception a source of multiple hazards and hence risks generated by the tailings dam. However we want to discuss a few notions…

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Climate change risks and the Federal Reserve Bank

Consider Climate change risks and the Federal Reserve Bank a follow up to our blogpost entitled (Reporting climate risks). We read that the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco will reportedly host the first research conference focusing on climate change. We consider the UK actions in this field, the coalition of 30 central banks and this latest news as a tipping point in the climate change awareness. One that focuses on present, emerging, residual and latent risks. One that may lead…

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ORE2-Tailings dam analysis

Welcome to ORE2-Tailings dam analysis ORE2-Tailings dam analysis delivers value to the mining industry. In addition it supports communication between owners, regulators and the public. That is quickly and at affordable costs ORE2-Tailings dam analysis is beneficial for those who: design, permit, construct, operate, insure and finally, perhaps close,tailings/waste storage facilities in the mining and oil & gas extraction industry. Why ORE2-Tailings dam analysis? The key note lecture by Henry Brehaut at TMW2017 stated that “….clearly, the need emerges to develop…

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